Aug 7, 2026 · 26 min · 13 segments
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Coach Levi Frank to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, shares updates on Submission Coffee sponsoring the Momentum Martial Arts Competition Team and the ad-free My Jiu Jitsu Journey app…
Pete DeeleyHost
Levi FrankGuest
On that journey, often we get special teachers along the way that sort of say, we're not just here learning to fight, learning to defend ourselves.

So did you have something like that? Did you have a teacher who kind of broadened your perspective of what you're

um He changed my, not just like showing me martial arts, but he changed my like view on the world and my like mindset in a way, especially going into martial arts, like the mindset you should have.

And I see a change from like when I first joined it now and it has definitely helped me progress in fighting and in life in general.

can you describe some of the change? Like when you talk about pre coach Darian coming in and then as he's given you these other tools, like what, what does that, what are those tools look like?

I would, um, like going into a building, knowing that i'm like trained and i'm i can keep myself safe um and there's no there's no false sense of security like i've he's he's given me the information and i've put in the work and that itself has given me confidence to do the things i need to do martial arts wise and

Does it translate out of the ring? I mean, when you talk about the confidence, you walk around the world differently now, right? Like you, prior to this, you were uncertain or less certain at least of your ability to handle circumstances that could threaten you.

You know, those of us have been pushed around as kids sometimes carry that with them into life.

Sometimes it lives in our lizard brain, you know, where we're not thinking about it.

So when you think about maybe your business life or your personal life, does it leak into those things, too?

On that journey, often we get special teachers along the way that sort of say, we're not just here learning to fight, learning to defend ourselves.

So did you have something like that? Did you have a teacher who kind of broadened your perspective of what you're

um He changed my, not just like showing me martial arts, but he changed my like view on the world and my like mindset in a way, especially going into martial arts, like the mindset you should have.

And I see a change from like when I first joined it now and it has definitely helped me progress in fighting and in life in general.

can you describe some of the change? Like when you talk about pre coach Darian coming in and then as he's given you these other tools, like what, what does that, what are those tools look like?

I would, um, like going into a building, knowing that i'm like trained and i'm i can keep myself safe um and there's no there's no false sense of security like i've he's he's given me the information and i've put in the work and that itself has given me confidence to do the things i need to do martial arts wise and

Does it translate out of the ring? I mean, when you talk about the confidence, you walk around the world differently now, right? Like you, prior to this, you were uncertain or less certain at least of your ability to handle circumstances that could threaten you.

You know, those of us have been pushed around as kids sometimes carry that with them into life.

Sometimes it lives in our lizard brain, you know, where we're not thinking about it.

So when you think about maybe your business life or your personal life, does it leak into those things, too?
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